Arizona silver belt. [volume] (Globe City, Pinal County, Ariz.) 1878-19??, 1887-04-09

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road is projected from Flagstaff 10 the
Grand Canyon Of the Colorado and
1 thence north to connect With the rail.
way system of Utah Construction on
this line ii 10 bo begun at an early
day, and IN connection with the
scheme, the erection Of two large
hotels one at Grand Canyon and an
yother at Flagstaff i contemplated
( The A. NJ. b. railroad will run for
1 the first seyenty-Ege miles through a
vast pine forest, probably tie most
valuable body Of timber on the South
western Pacific slope estimated %
contain i58, 900 l000, 00e feet Of lumber.
Tie next two hundred miles Of the
Line Ties through d country of rich and
varied resources $50 grazing lands,
I productive agricultural districts, 5ais
river valley being the largest, which
at this point i susceptible ofirrigation
/ for fifteen miles in length, This
entire two hundred miles is one con
tinuoas mineral feid which, when de-
! yeloped viii undoubtedly be one Of
The most productive districts IN the
| West. Much If this rieb section il
already settled BY 40 intelligent and
/ prosperous people.
But Flagstaff is not dependent on
these railway projects alone. She has
ether resources which contribute
| largely t. her prosperity In the
midst Of 4 fine graalbg tbuntry the
town has become tbs headquarters cf
the weli-to-do cattleuen and sheep
owners, This section produces tbe
1 Justly celebrated "Frisco" beef and
judging from the large bands of cat
tie one sees there i not lieely to be h
scarcity If good beef here for long
| sime to come. The AVER Lumber
| Company has bad uineh to do With The
building up Of tie town. Their mill
/ Is situated one-half mile oii and the
\ village that las sprung up around II
is called Shutdown This company
| is the largest enterprise 81 The kind ID
| the Southwest aud gives employment
during the season, 10 some 100 men,
They cut millions 81 feet of timber
annually, which Il shipped 10 eur
border states, territories and 10 Mex,
leo. 1t also sublets contracts To nu-
merous smaller mills Flagstaff at
/ present u 4 typical railroad town
1 with spperabundaRetl Of wet-np
stations. Itbas two good sized mer,
cantile stores, IN fine brick buildings,
and two strong banks, recently organ
ized, a new church, good school
house and several handsome residences,
| one Of which Is the hoineof MI. & Mrs
Frank Middleton don't know Of a
/ town ii Arizona that offers 50 many
inducements 70 capital to take bold as
are to be found here
The real estate boom Is on and
every available pieee Of ground within
/ a mile 81 town has been taken UP and
/ feaced III, and the Eastern excursion
ists who come way out here to look
at DUR desperate characters through
4 The pate glass windows oil Pullnan
car, take these enclosures loreorrais Or,
1 as they tall them. barn-yards. Lots
lhaye sold "a the main street fol- $500
each "A lafyo amount Of building il
under way nov, while town contract
ors are wasting paper aud using UP
scores 81 pencils endeayoring tofgure
out how they can put up 4 bank,
hotel and other buildings - IS ID
make small fortune on each without
letting anybody aget On to Il. Flag
stan viii doubtless become d popular
summer resort possessing a delight
1 fui climate and being in.close proxjin-
/ ity to the Canyon Diablo; Cliff Dwell.
iers and Grand Canyon of the Cobra
1 do. With these unequaled attract.
ions it should De visited BY number
less tourists.
/ The A. N, d railroad has about two
hundred men employed ana this force
will 10 doubled during the next six
weeks; and BY early fan i is expected
that at least seventy-fiye miles II iyon
vail have been laid Fourteen miles
Of the road il now completed. Gen a
/ a. Mcdonnell is in charge Of the con.
Struction and our did friend Sandy
Mcdonnell Il bis bcst bower. tol. u
w Eddy, President, i ii Boston On
business connected with ihc road but
II expected back as soon as D larger
force Of hisn can be handled They
evidently mean business and axe woflg-
ing along auietly accomplishing III
much a. anyone could expect, uAdhr
The untagofahls climatic condisil4ls
Which hays prevailed Alex Pen.
dleton surveyor ipr the road II III the
bead 81 Strawberry salley squirting
Ills eye through the transit aud snlk-
ine tesags EeDutlie&n sifyay.